Here are the best disposable coverings we’ve tested and researched—and where you can find them. https://www.wired.com/story/best-disposable-face-masks-n95-kn95-kf94-surgical/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Whether you’re photo-editing or illustrating, the right drawing tablet can transform your workflow. These digital art slates are WIRED-tested and approved. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-drawing-tablets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Kobo’s latest e-reader introduces a color E Ink screen that brings graphic novels, children’s books, and your favorite book covers to life. https://www.wired.com/review/kobo-libra-colour/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
These Android smartphones often deliver two-day battery life and have lots of storage. But which Moto models are best? https://www.wired.com/story/best-motorola-phones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The Affordable Connectivity Program—a federal benefit that provides discounts on high-speed internet access to low-income Americans—ends on April 30. Here's what happens next. https://www.wired.com/story/affordable-connectivity-program-ending/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-cant-solve-teslas-china-crisis-with-his-desperate-asia-visit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The latest update to OpenAI’s chatbot improves the AI’s ability to remember user details. It’s rolling out first to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-chatgpt-memory-feature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Whether you are going off-grid or safeguarding against blackouts, these beefy, WIRED-tested batteries can keep the lights on. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-portable-power-stations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
European iPhone owners are being shown a new pop-up screen listing alternatives to the Safari browser. The developers of the browsers shown on that screen are torn about the user experience. https://www.wired.com/story/browser-choice-screen-apple-digital-markets-act/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it. https://www.wired.com/story/china-bad-at-disinformation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
All you need is an internet connection, a library card, and a good ebook reader to dive into your next page-turner. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-free-kindle-books-with-your-library-card/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Hoping to make life easier, I tested six AI-powered tools meant to help me write better and work smarter. https://www.wired.com/story/6-ai-based-productivity-tools-tested/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Physicists call the dark energy that drives the universe “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years. https://www.wired.com/story/dark-energy-weakening-major-astrophysics-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-un-resolution-space-nuclear-weapons-satellites/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
More like Robot Rock, am I right? (Sorry.) These are some of the best dust busters around, and they’re cheaper than usual. https://www.wired.com/story/roborock-robot-vacuum-deals-april-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn’s America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts. https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-groups-november-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
When I started coding, I was suspicious of all the abstractions. Then I discovered the Django framework. https://www.wired.com/story/how-i-became-a-python-programmer-and-distanced-myself-from-the-machine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity. https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-backed-up-aruba-caribbean-island/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
While some states have made data privacy gains, the US has so far been unable implement protections at a federal level. A new bipartisan proposal called APRA could break the impasse. https://www.wired.com/story/apra-congress-online-privacy-proposal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Touchscreens don’t always get the job done. Try one of these WIRED-tested controllers for your iPhone or Android instead. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-mobile-game-controllers-for-iphone-android/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Fender's digital modeling amp is so easy to use and sounds so great, it's as if Apple made a guitar pedal. https://www.wired.com/review/fender-tone-master-pro/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
If God came down to Earth tomorrow to deliver 10 more commandments, the TP-7 is what we’d use to record them—if we could afford one. https://www.wired.com/review/teenage-engineering-tp-7/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres. https://www.wired.com/story/search-for-alien-life-biosignatures-gas-atmosphere/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
If you want to jump into virtual reality, this headset and these games are a great place to start. https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-best-playstation-vr2-games-to-play-right-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Friday morning's earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt. https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-east-coast-earthquake-covered-so-much-ground/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Where’s the last place you want to be during an earthquake? For Justin Allen, it was the urology clinic. https://www.wired.com/story/an-interview-with-a-guy-who-got-a-vasectomy-during-the-east-coast-earthquake/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Far-right conspiracy theorists are claiming that “elites” will use the eclipse to control humanity, sway the presidential election, and everything else under the sun. https://www.wired.com/story/solar-eclipse-conspiracies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
A month with the OnePlus Watch 2 has made me wish that every fully-featured smartwatch had this battery life. https://www.wired.com/review/oneplus-watch-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Archetype builds AI models that act as a translation layer between humans and complex sensors, using plain language to help people understand what’s happening in a building, car, or human body https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-ai-startup-archetype-talk-to-houses-cars-and-factories/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Zen Goziker worked at TikTok for only six months. Many of his allegations about the company and the US government are improbable. But he still may have shaped how the app is viewed in Washington. https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-whistleblower-got-dcs-attention-do-his-claims-add-up/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite escapes for the best portable console. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-nintendo-switch-games/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Biden-linked influencers were front-and-center at the president's biggest fundraiser. The press was in the dressing room. https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-influencers-presidential-access/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds. https://www.wired.com/story/women-antarctica-science-predators-whistleblower/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. https://www.wired.com/story/p4x-north-korea-internet-hacker-identity-reveal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
A report claims that accounts associated with the suspect suggested that he was also ready to join a militia. https://www.wired.com/story/navy-veteran-fbi-headquarters-qanon-conspiracies-online/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Celestron’s TrailSeeker binoculars are small, light, razor-sharp in the center, and won’t break the bank. https://www.wired.com/review/celestron-trailseeker-ed-8x32-binoculars/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The object tore through the roof and both floors of a two-story home. NASA will investigate whether it’s space junk. https://www.wired.com/story/house-hit-by-international-space-station-trash-iss/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Though Truth Social’s valuation makes no sense, Trump fans are still buying it. https://www.wired.com/story/truth-social-meme-gamestop/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Abubakar Salim lost his father a decade ago. The actor and creative director embraced "gamifying" grief while making Tales of Kenzera: Zau. https://www.wired.com/story/abubakar-salim-house-of-the-dragon-tales-of-kenzera-zau-game-grief/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Donor livers are in short supply for transplants. A startup is attempting to grow new ones in people instead. https://www.wired.com/story/cells-grow-liver-inside-patient/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Faruk Özer just started a 11,196-year prison sentence. Did he almost get away with the biggest heist in Turkey’s history, or was it all just a big misunderstanding? https://www.wired.com/story/faruk-ozer-turkey-crypto-fraud/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
These punchy mini-tower speakers are hugely impressive and highly recommended, despite coming up short on modern features. https://www.wired.com/review/q-acoustics-m40/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Who needs an AI coach when you can use Garmin’s latest entry-level running watch? https://www.wired.com/review/garmin-forerunner-165/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Supercharged Siri. AI image editing. Smart “snapshots” of your day. We asked some experts to forecast how Apple might use Google’s Gemini platform to enable new AI-powered applications in iOS. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-gemini-iphone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
In the indie game This Discord Has Ghosts In It, your mission is—prepare yourself!—to communicate. https://www.wired.com/story/haunted-discord-server-last-good-place/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger